| Term | Standard | Specifications | Medium | Speed | Distance |
| Ethernet | 10BaseT | IEEE 802.3i | CAT5 UTP | 10 Mbits/s | 100 meters |
| Ethernet | 10BaseF: 10BaseFB 10BaseFL 10BaseFP | IEEE 802.3j | Fiber | 10 Mbits/s | 2000 meters 2000 meters 500 meters |
| Fast Ethernet | 100BaseT | IEEE 802.3u | CAT5 UTP | 100 Mbits/s | 100 meters |
| Fast Ethernet | 100BaseFX | IEEE 802.3u | MMF MMF SMF | 100 Mbits/s 100 Mbits/s 100 Mbits/s | 412m half duplex 2km full duplex 15 -20km full duplex |
| Gigabit Ethernet | 1000BaseT | IEEE 802.3ab | CAT5/CAT6 UTP | 1 Gbit/s | 100 meters |
| Gigabit Ethernet | 1000BaseCX | IEEE 802.3z | Shielded, balanced coax | 1 Gbit/s | 25 meters |
| Gigabit Ethernet | 1000BaseSX | IEEE 802.3z | MMF (850 nm) MMF (850 nm) |
1 Gbit/s 1 Gbit/s |
550 meters 220 to 275 meters |
| Gigabit Ethernet | 1000BaseLX | IEEE 802.3z | SMF (1300 nm) MMF (1300 nm) MMF (1300 nm) |
1 Gbit/s 1 Gbit/s 1 Gbit/s |
5000 meters 550 meters 550 meters |
| Gigabit Ethernet | 1000BaseLH | IEEE 802.3z | SMF (1300 nm) MMF (1300 nm) |
1 Gbit/s | 10km 550 meters |
| 10Gigabit Ethernet | 10GBaseX: 10GBaseS 10GbaseL 10GbaseE (Each has R or W mode where R is for dark fiber and W is for SONET) | IEEE 802.3ae | MMF (850 nm) MMF (1310 nm) (with 4 CWDM) SMF (1310 nm) (with 4 CWDM) SMF (1310 nm) SMF (1550 nm) |
9.953 Gbits/s 12.5 Gbits/s 10 Gbits/s 9.953 Gbits/s 10.3 Gbits/s |
65 meters 300 meters 10 km 10 km 40 km |
| 10Gigabit Ethernet | 10GBaseT | IEEE 802.3an | UTP | 10 Gbits/s | 100 meters |
| 10Gigabit Ethernet | 10GBaseCX4 | IEEE 802.3ak | thin twin-axial cables | 4 x 2.5Gbits/s | 25 meters |
- MMF = multimode fiber
- SMF = single-mode fiber
- UTP = unshielded twisted pair
- CAT5 = category 5 UTP
- CAT6 = category 6 UTP
- CWDM = coarse wavelength division multiplexing
Related Terms: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10G Ethernet, 10BaseT, 10BaseC, 100BaseT, 100BaseF, 1000BaseT, 1000BaseX, 10GBaseT, 10GBaseX
Reference Links: http://www.ieee802.org/3/: IEEE 802.3 working groups